News Releases

United States Gypsum Company
has won a 2002 Virginia Statewide Mining Reclamation Award for
successfully returning the site of the companys Locust Cove underground
mine near Rich Valley, Smyth County, Va., to its original state

The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)
announced today that Santee Cooper, South Carolinas state-owned
electric and water utility, has achieved national Green Power Accreditation
for its Green Power program

A lawsuit was filed today in federal court
by a national labor union, environmental groups and a victim family to stop
the use of arsenic and dioxin-laden wood preservatives, which are used
to treat lumber, utility poles and railroad ties

Napier Environmental Technologies Inc.
(TSX:NIR) is pleased to report that the US Army Corp of Engineers has
released to the public an in-depth report entitled Technology
Demonstration of Nontoxic Chemical Stripper for Steel - Cost and
Performance Report

Genesis World Energy, a privately
funded consortium created by a group of military and space program
research and development specialists, today unveiled a scientific
breakthrough that allows consumers to easily access the energy
contained within the hydrogen and oxygen molecular structure of ordinary
wate

The Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species (CITES)
recently announced protection of all seahorses, as well as certain birds,
sharks, whales and mahogany species. Visitors to the National Aquarium in
Baltimore learn from several of these rare plants and animals, seeing them, or
their relatives, in award winning, recreated habitats.

Care2 (www.care2.com), the largest
environmental network with over 2 million members, announces that over 10,000
people have downloaded its new Green Thumbs-Up software in the first week
since release. The Green Thumbs-Up tool (www.care2.com/greenthumb/) displays
red, yellow and green icons to help inform shoppers of the social and
environmental conduct of companies they visit. In addition, the system
automatically generates donations for environmental causes when shopping at
over 150 online stores.